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Not only is Freddie Gibbs one of hip-hop’s most astute and elevated lyricists, to the point where his recent Alchemist-produced Aflredo secured him his first Grammy nomination. Yet behind all of the sharp penmanship is a man who simply loves to revel in the antics — the more absurd, the better. As it happens, Freddie was given ample room to muse on the madness during an extended conversation with Joe Rogan and Brian Moses, during the latest episode of The Joe Rogan podcast. 

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While there is, expectedly, much to unpack throughout the interview, Joe shared a few of the highlights on his official YouTube page. One such clip finds the pair musing on the fall of R. Kelly, who currently sits incarcerated for a laundry list of heinous crimes. When the topic of Kelly’s imprisonment is raised, Gibbs explains why he feels the situation is “fucked up” — a take that elicits a laugh from the bamboozled host. “The n***a had some fuckin’ jams!” says Gibbs. “I’m not saying he shouldn’t be in jail, he should be there. But it’s a waste of talent.”

“Right now, after all of the shit that has happened to R. Kelly, it’d be very, very difficult to listen to a new R. Kelly album,” continues Gibbs. “He’s got a lot of good songs. He’s a bit of shit, but he has some great songs…R. Kelly is an innovator, man. He’s the king of R&B.” He also explains that while he doesn’t forgive Kelly for his crimes, he does feel that the blame should not be reserved to one single figure. “A lot of those bitches and families and n***as that was letting their daughters go with R. Kelly knew what the fuck they was doing,” he states. “I’m not letting my daughter go with R. Kelly, nowhere. And then the shit with the hotel — I think a lot of that shit was bullshit. I think R. Kelly a nasty muthafucka, and he need to go to jail, but…”

For more from Rogan, Moses, and Gangsta Gibbs — including their real-time reactions to the unintentionally hilarious “Real Talk” —  check out the full analysis on R. Kelly and the inevitable madness of fame below. 

Controversial Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been creeping back into everyday relevance with his disrespectful musings on social media, including rude messages for Lil Durk, Meek Mill, and the late King Von. In addition to his disparaging remarks, 6ix9ine has also been releasing new music, passing 31 million views for his new music video “ZAZA”. 

One of the rappers that have drawn the ire of Tekashi for years has been Chicago stand-out Lil Reese, who has consistently taken issue with the loud-mouthed troll. Recently getting into a heated exchange with the rapper on Instagram Live, Lil Reese shifted gears by changing the subject, tweeting about a fight he had with his girlfriend. Unfortunately, 6ix9ine found a way to get involved.

“Lol I got knots on my head my girl just literally beat me up had me ballin up I say this my first time gettin beat up,” wrote the Grim Reaper on Twitter. Known for making fun of the rapper and the alleged video of him getting jumped and soiling himself, 6ix9ine took aim at Reese Money.

“Someone said first time off camera,” wrote 6ix9ine in the comments after his best friend DJ Akademiks posted the tweet on his page.

The comment has racked up over 14,000 likes, meaning people are still very much entertained by his predictable antics. While people love to claim that they don’t support 6ix9ine, the 31 million views on his video and consistent engagement on social media seemingly signal otherwise. 

Are you team 6ix9ine or team Reese?

Soon after celebrating his 63rd birthday, West Coast legend icon Ice-T has decided to share his final thoughts on Rush Limbaugh, roughly a week after his death. On Wednesday, February 17, the conservative radio personality passed away at the age of 70 after a year-long fight with lung cancer. Limbaugh — known for his controversial stances on race, the LGBTQ+ community, white privilege, and more — and his legacy was celebrated by many conservatives following his passing, but others, like Ice-T, are remembering the contentious remarks that Limbaugh was known for making.

Yesterday, Hip-Hop’s Original Gangsta went through his Twitter archives and brought back a nearly nine-year-old tweet in light of Limbaugh’s passing. The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit veteran simply wrote, “Bring that Tweet Back..” as he quoted a 2012 tweet that read, “Rush Limbaugh said he was impressed I knew the word ‘tyranny’… He’s a racist piece of shit.” 

Almost a full decade later, it’s clear that Ice-T is keeping the same energy that he has always had towards Limbaugh, but in Hip-Hop culture, name-dropping and talking down about the dead isn’t typically a good look. What are your thoughts on Ice-T’s final statement regarding the late Rush Limbaugh?

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Wack 100 has taken issue with Meek Mill’s moves over the last few weeks, calling out the Philadelphia rapper for the way he handled his in-person verbal altercation with Tekashi 6ix9ine, and then picking him apart for his leaked lyrics about Kobe Bryant’s death. “And if I ever lack I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe,” rapped Meek on a song with Lil Baby, which remains unreleased. 

The bar was deemed “disrespectful” and “insensitive” in a response by Vanessa Bryant, Kobe’s widow, who claimed that she had never heard Meek’s music before but knows that he can “do better”. Wack 100, The Game and Blueface’s manager, was among the thousands of people calling out Meek for uttering the lyric, saying, “Some metaphors SHOULD not be used. Pretenders struggle to pretend when it’s not authentic — 1 man don’t speak for #Philli.”

After reading through Vanessa’s response to Meek, Wack 100 took to Instagram to salute her for speaking up. “Women with a voice #Salute,” he wrote on his post, sharing her comments on his main feed.

Meek Mill claims that he reached out to Vanessa privately and extended his sincere apology. However, on social media, he’s been egging on the situation by writing, “I’m going back savage in this sh*t, f*ck ya feelings!”

Do you think Meek was wrong to come with a bar about Kobe’s passing? On Twitter, people have been discussing a similar line that Pooh Shiesty has rapped, calling out the rising rapper from Memphis for his “Main Slime” bars. “I’m in LA, you gon’ chill with Kobe if we get into it,” he says on the song. Is Meek’s line really that much worse?

A few legends in the Rap game have joined forces to form a supergroup, and they’re readying a project that Hip Hop fans are excited to hear. Shortly after they appeared on Verzuz together, Too $hort and E-40 announced that they, along with Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, had formed a sort of California-centered supergroup for the culture. Now, we’re receiving a bit more information about what to expect—including a look from Dr. Dre.

The Bay Area icons recently spoke about the group and revealed that Dr. Dre would be making an appearance on the project. “Dre is on there, man,” $hort told HipHopDX. “He’s on there. Snoop got him on there. Dre is on there. That’s Snoop’s guy. That’s Ice Cube’s guy. They shot a big movie together. He’s on there. Ain’t no doubt about it. You don’t even got to ask him.”

“Definitely on there. Shout out to Dr. Dre,” added E-40. Too $hort chimed in. “He already did his part. It’s already certified. He’s on the project.” With so many hitmakers sharing the stage one could assume that ego can get in the way, but it seems that everyone is getting along just fine. There was even a moment where Ice Cube was told that he needed to pull back on one of the tracks, but Cube put his foot down.

“We told Ice Cube on one song, ‘Bro, you just went too hard, too hard,’ and he waited about a couple hours and then he hit back and said, ‘I’m not changing sh*t,'” said Short Dog. E-40 confirmed the story and added, “He did! We was like, ‘F*ck it.’ Me and $hort and Snoop, we just … even Snoop say, ‘You know me, dog. I’m the easiest. You know me. I’m the baby of the bunch. I’m out of it.’ We was like, ‘All right. That is Ice Cube. F*ck it. Let him do what he do.’ We ain’t trying to water down sh*t. He going hard, too. Everybody going hard. We going hard on that b*tch, just jam.”

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We’ve heard much more about Dr. Dre since the megaproducer suffered a frightening brain aneurysm last month. Dre has shared images of himself in the studio and a snippet of a track quickly circulated online where he is heard rapping about the billion-dollar divorce from his wife with a few scathing bars. Check out Too $hort and E-40’s interview below.